Friday, July 18, 2008

Broad knowledge vs Depth knowledge

I was thinking which one is good… broad knowledge or depth knowledge…

Last 7 or 8 years... I was trying to learn everything… Astrology, Astronomy, Cosmology, bit of sociology, Atheism, Philosophy, bit of medicine (I didn’t consult a doctor for last 5 or so year to take medicines for small problems, like fever, cold, pains etc., got into physics lot, Tamil literature, started to write stories, essays and poems, Many areas in Computing, Electrical works, Bit of vehicle mechanics, English language, Sinhala Language, bit of politictics… a long list. Therefore when ever people talk about something, mostly, things were familiar for me… not much new.

This is broad knowledge… But it’s a pain to have a broad knowledge… coz, when ever people say something, something from somewhere will come in to mind. Then mind will start to think all the connected things… and get tired soon…

But when u have the depth knowledge in an area, you will face problem only when ppl talk in that area. However in that case you have to assume many things in life. I can’t think of such a way of living. So… can’t do anything… I have to suffer and I am going to suffer K

2 comments:

Broad knowledge is a great achievement. Don't think it as a tiresome thing. Once you train your mind it will be capable to handle tiredness that you talk about without effort. That's how you become a mature minded person. Wish to be like you. To be like you everybody needs persistence. Keep up. But the same time you have to be expert of one particular area too. Hell good at something, something really really interesting...IMHO.